Great Witcombe
Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Standing permission
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Scene Description: the 19th-century copy
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes 15 April 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © John Wilkes, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph by John Wilkes 15 April 2007
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12965WIT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th - 20th century (?), Modern
Cognate Fonts: A modern copy of the font at Lasborough [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Parish Church of St. Mary
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Site Location: Gloucestershire, South West, England, United Kingdom
Additional Comments: replacement font / replica font / copy font
Font Notes:
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Noted in Verey & Brooks (1999-2002): "Font. A copy of a Norman font, which stood here until 1909 when it was returmed to Lasborough […]; Witcombe's C15 font was given to St. Andrew, Churchdown".
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes, of www.allthecotswolds.com, for the photographs of this church and font.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th-century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal reinforcements and ring handle
REFERENCES
- Verey, David, Gloucestershire, London: Penguin Books, 1999-2002, vol. 2: 512